Putting Our Universe Into Perspective

The Universe is really big. Really, really, really big. So big that, as planet-bound organisms like us, it’s incredibly difficult to get a sense of perspective of our place in it.

Fortunately, NASA keeps us informed and up to date with projects like the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The image below is composed of 2.7 million pictures of over half a billion astronomical phenomenon, which, seen all together, amount to a map of the entire known universe.